Tidewater Review

Thursday will be sunny with a high near 51 and a wind around 14 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Thursday night will be partly cloudy with a low near 31 and light breeze. To check the forecast for your neighborhood, visit the National Weather Service website and put in your ZIP code.

Community News

Kayla Haley and two other King William cheerleaders were chosen by the United Cheer Association to go to London, England to perform in the New Year's Day parade. To help raise funds for the trip, Kayla sold paintings at Mangohick Volunteer Fire Department and did this one-of-a-kind painting of...

The "One Day Session and Men's Summit" for SRBA (Southside Rappahannock Baptist Association and its Allied Ministries) will be held on Saturday, November 18, 2017 (9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.) at the Angel Visit Baptist Church at 29566 Tidewater Trail in Dunnsville, VA (Essex County) where Rev. Dr....

The Greater Grace Baptist church in Saluda Va, will hosting it's Fall Revival At the Lebanon Worship Center. On Sunday November 12th at 3pm, Rev. Jonathan Waldron and the First Baptist church of Mathews will be our guest. Dinner will be served after our service. On Wednesday November 15th our Revival...

Join us for a night of Art & Wine to benefit Arts Alive!Come have some fun, explore your creative side and know that you're helping to keep the arts alive!Sunday, November 12 at West Point Country Club$35 per canvas (includes all supplies + 2 drink tickets)2 options to paintCall 804-843-3475 or...

Sports

Rappahannock brought a pressing defense Friday evening to an early season matchup against visiting West Point, and the Raiders coasted to a 65-40 win. “We just don’t handle pressure very well,” Pointers coach James Montgomery said. “We turned the ball over 36 times and only took 36 shots; you can’t...

After just one quarter, the Pointers found themselves in a 14-0 hole Friday evening against Northumberland. But West Point wasn’t going to give up easily in the first round of the playoffs and on its own turf. The Pointers offense ignited in the second quarter, scoring 16 points after coach L.C....

King William’s Jamir Johnson proved to be a Venus fly trap Friday evening — his sticky hands intercepting a final West Point pass ensuring a Cavalier victory over the pesky Pointers. With 11 seconds left in game, the Cavaliers were driving when Johnson stepped in front of a LoPear Burrell pass...

The King William Cavaliers third straight victory of the season was propelled on the last play of the first half, when Lance Alfonso hit John Williams on a 31-yard touchdown pass, giving the Cavaliers a 14-13 lead, one they would never give back. “No one thought we would throw a bomb on that last...

Life

Christmas on the Town returns Sunday with a parade, house tours and more to help residents kick off holiday festivities in downtown West Point. A parade featuring the town fire department, antique cars and Santa Claus will travel from First Street to 10th Street at 1 p.m. Sunday, said Kristie Walker...

Author Mary Montague Sikes married her art and writing skills to create “An Artful Animal Alphabet,” a new children’s book featuring an old Richmond legend. Published last spring, the book takes readers through a series of 26 short tales and paintings of animals that represent each letter of the...

The glamour, glitz and jazz feel that surrounds ‘Chicago’ is coming to New Kent this week in a school production. New Kent High School is pairing with Astor College to co-host the Broadway-style musical Oct. 26-28. New Kent schools first formed a partnership with the England-based college in 2005,...

Three Newport News attractions experienced increased visitation in 2016 and over this past summer. The Mariners’ Museum saw success with its $1 summer admission bringing in visitors across the bridge from South Hampton Roads, President and CEO Howard H. Hoege III said. South Hampton Roads visitors...

Opinion

I am writing in hopes of reaching out to my local community. I hope that on Nov. 7 you take the time to vote in your local election. Even more, I hope that you vote for Shelia Crowley for the House of Delegates 98th District. As her website states, she is not a politician, but her resume fighting...

Because I could not personally attend the latest meeting of (King William’s) Board of Supervisors, I am certainly not alone in reading with great interest Tidewater Review reporter Jack Jacobs’ informative front pager in the Oct. 25 edition, headlined "Residents voice support for paid firefighters."...

Being a delegate to the Virginia General Assembly means more than just passing legislation, and that is exactly what Keith Hodges does. I have known Keith since he and our son were in nursery school together. I followed his progress through school even to teaching him in a high school class. I...

This Nov. 7, we will go to the polls and select who we want to represent us in the 97th District of the Virginia House of Delegates. I urge you to re-elect Del. Chris Peace. He has the knowledge and ability to get things done and is the type of leader we need representing King William. Chris is...

National News

Democrat Doug Jones debuted Wednesday as the next senator from Alabama by sidestepping highly charged topics, steering clear of criticism — and leaving wide open the question of what kind of lawmaker he will be. Jones, who will narrow the Republican majority in the Senate to 51-49 when he is sworn...

House and Senate Republican leaders have reached an agreement in principle that would lower the corporate tax rate to 21 percent beginning in 2018, several people briefed on the plan said, a central component of the $1.5 trillion tax plan they hope to vote into law by next week. The agreement would...

DeJuana Thompson spent Alabama's election night at a party where "I Voted" stickers were the price of entry - one more bash for Woke Vote, an organization that had spent $400,000 to turn out young black voters. Thompson, a Birmingham native, had joined Woke Vote's get-out-the-vote drive when it...

Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky known for inflammatory Facebook posts comparing Barack and Michelle Obama to monkeys and who defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home, killed himself Wednesday night. He was 57. Bullitt...